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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 99ac4e96c..edaf09fa4 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\ output appended data as the file grows;\n\ -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are\n\ equivalent\n\ + -F same as --follow=name --retry\n\ -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last %d\n\ --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\ with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\ @@ -1365,7 +1366,7 @@ parse_options (int argc, char **argv, count_lines = 1; forever = from_start = print_headers = 0; - while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "c:n:fqs:v", long_options, NULL)) + while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "c:n:fFqs:v", long_options, NULL)) != -1) { switch (c) @@ -1373,6 +1374,11 @@ parse_options (int argc, char **argv, case 0: break; + case 'F': + forever = 1; + follow_mode = Follow_name; + reopen_inaccessible_files = 1; + case 'c': case 'n': count_lines = (c == 'n'); |